Soft Test Trivia: MCQ Quiz!

1. Structure-based testing techniques

Use the internal structure of the software to derive test cases.

Use functional aspects of software to derive test cases.

Use non-functional aspects of software to derive test cases.

2. Which of the following statements about the relationship between statement coverage and decision coverage is correct?

Which of the following statementsabout the relationship between statement coverageand decision coverage is correct?

100% statement coverage is achieved if decisioncoverage is greater than 90%.

100% decision coverage always means 100%statement coverage.

100% statement coverage always means 100%decision coverage.

3. During Review meeting, a defect is said to be major when:

Defects could cause a downstream effect

Defects will cause downstream damage; the scope and impact of thedefect is beyond the document under inspection.

Defects are not likely to cause downstream damage

4. Use cases are a sequence of steps that describe the interactions.

Between the actor and the system

Between the actor and the admin

Between the one system and the other system

None

5. Which statement about the function of a static analysis tool is true?

Gives quality information about thecode without executing it.

Checks expected results against actualresults.

Can detect memory leaks.

Gives information about what code hasand has not been exercised.

6. When performing component or integration testing, ____________ forms the basis of the tests.

A design document

A requirement specification document

A high level document

7. What statement about reviews is true?

Inspections are led by a trainedmoderator,whereas technical reviews are notnecessarily.

Technical reviews are led by atrained leader, inspections are not.

In a walkthrough, the author does notattend

Participants for a walkthrough alwaysneed to be thoroughly trained

8. Static code analysis typically identifies all but one of the following problems. Which is it?

Unreachable code

Undeclared variables

Faults in the requirements

Too few comments

9. ______________ testing is based on the skills and experience of the tester.

Error guessing

Exploratory

Decision table

State transition

10. The drawback of code coverage measurement is that:

It measures coverage of what has been written, i.e. the code itself;

It cannot say anything about the software that has not been written

Both

11. Which one of the following is true?

Decision coverage measures the coverage of both conditional and unconditional branches;

Branch coverage measures the coverage of both conditional and unconditional branches

Branch coverage measures the coverage of conditional

12. A person who does the logging especially during formal review such as an inspection is known as.

Scribe

Author

Tester

Moderator

13. Which of the following is True?

Static Analysis is for early detection of defects ;

Static Analysis is for identification of defects not easily found in dynamic testing;

Static Analysis provides early warning about suspicious aspects of the code, design or requirements;

All of them

14. To apply boundary value analysis,

Always take the minimum and maximum(boundary) values from the valid partition

Always take the minimum and maximum(boundary) values from the invalid partition

Always take the minimum from valid boundary and maximum from the invalid boundary

15. Which of the following would be an example of decision-table testing for a financial application applied at the system-test level?

A table containing rules for combinations ofinputs to two fields on a screen

A table containing rules for interfaces betweencomponents.

A table containing rules for mortgageapplications.

A table containing rules for chess.

16. An 'invalid' partition in ECP testing means?

A value that cannot be entered by a user

A value that the software should correctly handle by giving error message

A value for which the software gives the correct output

17. The__________ performs the entry check and the follow-up on the rework, in order to control the quality of the input and output of the review process.

Moderator

Project manager

Test manager

Reviewer

18. Which of the following basic part comes under 'State transition model'?

The states that the software may occupy

The transitions from one state to another

The events that cause a transition and the actions that result from a transition

All of the given parts

19. ______ is the most formal review type.

Inspection

Walk through

Technical review

20. Which one is the Experience Based Technique?

Error guessing

Exploratory testing

Both

21. Which is not a type of review?

Walkthrough

Inspection

Informal review

Management approval

22. The control flow structure addresses the sequence in which the ___________

Instructions are executed.

The data items are accessed and modified by the code.

Data is organised, independent ofthe program.

None

23. Which one is the Specification Based Technique?

Equivalence partitioning and boundary value analysis

Walkthrough

Statement Coverage

Exploratory Testing

24. Which of the following artifacts can be examined by using review techniques?

Software code

Requirements specification

Test designs

All of the above

25. A walkthrough is lead by the __________.

Author

Moderator

Trainer

Leader

26. Non-functional testing is concerned

With examining how well thesystem does something, rather than what it does.

With what the system does, its featuresor functions.

None

27. In which document described in IEEE 829 would you find instructions for the steps to be taken for a test including set-up, logging, environment and measurement?

Test plan

Test design specification

Test case specification

Test procedure specification

28. Which of the success factors that improve the chances of success when implementing reviews?

Explicitly plan and track review activities

Continuously improve process and tools

Pick things that really count

All of them

29. The cyclomatic complexity metric is based on?

The number of decisions in a program.

It provides an indication ofthe amount of testing necessary to practically avoiddefects.

Identify high risk, complex areas.

All of them

30. ______ is an optional step in a formal review process.

Kick-off

Rework

Preparation

Follow-up

31. Very ______testing may have no documentation at all.

Informal

Formal

Static

Dynamic

32. ______________ testing is a hands-on approach in which testers are involved in minimum planning and maximum test execution.

Error guessing

Exploratory

Structure based

Black box

33. Techniques to test non-functionalaspects are

Less procedural and less formalized

Less procedural and more formalized

More procedural and less formalized